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Once passed for publication, all new incident reports submitted via the FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system will be made available on this page.

In the meantime all the 2025/6 reports submitted via the Euro system, and passed for publication before it was shut down, can be found below. Reports submitted via the earlier BHPA online reporting system can also be found below.

This page will slowly include the remaining incident report submitted via the old Euro system.

Unfortunately, whilst all of these reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field which determines if a report can appear on our website.

As a result around 1,400 old Euro reports have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can be included here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

All incident reports submitted via the old Euro system, and approved for publication, are however available on our Incident Reports Archive page

Summaries of published incident reports are available for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

You can also search the BHPA incident reports database by incident date, pilot, location, wing type, etc. For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, select paraglider from the drop down list, and enter Hay Bluff in the search box with the "or" option selected.

To search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

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If known, total flights flown and flights flown in the past six months are displayed below, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 1859 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 12.09.2010 (B4500)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Wing: Air Atos with tail	Summary On preparing to launch, pilot noticed glider was difficult to balance and left wing was heavy. Inspection showed karabiner conecting cable to control surface had come apart.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.09.2010 (B4499)	Pilot Female Age: 26 Rating: Under training	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student grabbed line as glider was caught by wind.	Injury Pilot: Line burn to hand
Date 05.09.2010 (B4497)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Spain Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Ellus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink on approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractured l1 and l2 vertebrae
Date 05.09.2010 (B4498)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP	Location Avranches, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Powered Engine: Flylight, Doodlebug	Summary Pilot took off in light winds climbing to 80ft. In attempting to open airframe throttle pilot opened choke in error. In attempting to correct pilot inadvertently allowed glider to stall. Glider crashed in power on spiral.	Injury Pilot: Fractured femurs, ribs and facial injuries. collapsed lung.
Date 05.09.2010 (B4496)	Pilot Female Age: 12 Rating: Under training	Location North Luffenham Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Voyager 42 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Just prior to launch gust lifted and rotated glider and wing tip holder let go. Pilot and passenger fell over.	Injury Pilot: Bruised wrist
Date 01.09.2010 (B4495)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang GTO Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While racing at low height Pilot ended up in severe leeside turbulence. Glider ended up below pilot who then threw parachute. Landed uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.08.2010 (B4493)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Wetton, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to notice leg loops not attached on launch. Student began to slide out of harness and fell 7-10m onto slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs and punctured lung.
Date 31.08.2010 (B4494)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Charlton Clumps, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary On first flight student took a few steps but then jumped before glider properly flying. Fell heavily on knee.	Injury Pilot: Torn ligaments in knee
Date 30.08.2010 (B4492)	Pilot Male Age: 40	Location Tinto North, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider at about 10m while on approach.	Injury Pilot: Back injuries
Date 29.08.2010 (B4490)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location St Andre Les Alps, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave FR3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse and subsequent cravat due to slipping trimmer. Deployed parachute but main reinflated. Pilot struggled to pull in main canopy and landed heavily in trees.	Injury Pilot: Bruised abdomen and meat and two veg!!

Last updated: 23 October 2026

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